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Disabled woman died after being dropped 5 feet at care home and moaning for 90 minutes

Lyn Parker, 64, hit her head and broke her ribs and arm when she fell 1.5 metres after two care workers tried to lift her using a sling at Tudor Avenue Residential Care Home in Hampton, south London

Daily Mirror

South Coast community donates goods to set up Bruce Buchanan's social housing unit

Bruce was 74 when he moved into this social housing unit without a mug to his name. Then, a simple social media post changed everything.

ABC News

They never gave up their search - now Peter Baglin's family have finally said goodbye

Friends and loved ones were finally able to say an emotional farewell as hundreds turned out to pay respects at Peter's funeral

Manchester Evening News

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Disabled woman died after being dropped from 1.5m high sling by care home workers

Lyn Parker hit her head and broke her ribs and arm

Evening Standard

Disabled woman died days after being dropped by care home workers, inquest told

Lyn Parker, 64, fell after two care workers tried to lift her using a sling in January 2021.

The Independent UK

Pension protests - why we're so different to France

Why the much-protested Gallic gold card system has no similarity to ours.

Newsroom.co.nz

Campaigning pensioners appeal for ministerial role on older people's issues

Campaigning pensioners have voiced their concern to Humza Yousaf over the lack of a specific ministerial position to consider the welfare of older…

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Nurses hit out at 'expensive and disruptive' National Care Service plans

A LEADING nursing union has written to demand the Scottish Government pulls the brakes on its controversial National Care Service plans.

The National (Scotland)

The job vacancies in Greater Manchester you can apply for now that don’t require any qualifications

There are a variety of exciting roles on offer across the region

Manchester Evening News

France to draw up draft end-of-life bill after citizens back assisted dying

Macron instructs government to look at whether euthanasia or assisted dying should be permitted

The Guardian - UK

The four Leeds postcodes with the second lowest life expectancy in England

Brits may not know is where you're born might not just impact how you'll live your life, but how long you'll be alive for

Leeds Live

'I need to raise €80,000 to have a baby after devastating cancer diagnosis'

Amy Kinsella always wanted to have a family of her own but her plans to become pregnant were thwarted after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer last summer

Dublin Live

Isle of Man public almost evenly split on assisted dying law consultation

There was a total of 3,316 responses and these will inform the drafting of legislation.

The Independent UK

New claims for Carer's Allowance made before next week could also qualify for extra £270 this summer

You could be eligible for weekly payments of £76.75 plus an extra £270.50 in June and December.

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Mortified man discovers he married his half-sister - but they will stay together

A man accidentally married his half-sister because he didn't know even existed - but says they're going to stay together despite knowing they 'share DNA'

Reuters

Pope says pension systems must not weigh on future generations

Pope Francis on Monday said future generations must not be overloaded with the cost of today's pension systems, in apparent support for reform at a time when the issue is politically explosive in France.

The Guardian - UK

Our first few years as a child can determine the rest of our lives

If we get those early years right, we can avoid so much harm later in life. So why don’t we properly support parents?, says Beverley Barnett-Jones of Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

The Independent UK

France's Macron to draft bill legalizing end-of-life options

French President Emmanuel Macron says a new bill to be drafted this year will address end-of-life options

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Dublin Live

Free GP visit cards: How to apply as six and seven year olds become eligible

The plans to grant six and seven year olds free GP visit cards, which were laid out in Budget 2023, were targeted for the beginning of April and will grant wider access to free healthcare

Reuters

Macron says France will prepare 'end of life' bill this year

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday France must improve the availability of palliative care and there would be a draft bill by the end of the summer on whether some form of assisted dying should be allowed.

The Guardian - UK

Japan says 1.5m people are living as recluses after Covid

Fifth of hikikomori cases among working-age people attributed to pressures unleashed by pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Royal College of Nursing asks police to investigate some of its members

Exclusive: RCN says hundreds of signatures on petition to hold vote of no confidence in leadership are false

Wales Online

The town where you're not expected to live beyond 75

Farnworth, in Greater Manchester, has one of the lowest life expectancy rates in the country, with many other places in the north facing similar scenarios

ABC News

Bundaberg Hospital's emergency department wait times some of Queensland's longest

Queensland Health figures show the Wide Bay's three public hospitals – Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Maryborough — had the highest number of patients who stayed in an ED longer than 24 hours.

Wales Online

Beth Jenkins was nearly twice the weight of an average baby and her heart was deteriorating - now she works as a midwife

Her proud parents said they thought she would be a chef

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